So as you understand my point is simple. I want to upgrade my old friend Phenom II x6 1090T and go into something new.
First of all, I can't wait more (I want to buy into the next 2 weeks).
Also, my budget is limited because RAM chips are way too expensive and I really want to buy 16GB of them.
So I have a very good pain in the brain. Competitiveness is back, AMD is no crap but for sure Coffee-Lake is the king in blind performance.
My options are these:
-Ryzen 7 1700 /w B350 ~ 350 Euro
-i5 8600K /w Z370 ~ 430 Euro (Included 40$ air-cooler)
-i7 8700 (non-K) /wZ370 ~ 450 Euro
-i7 8700K /wZ370 ~ 550 Euro (Included 40$ air-cooler)
As you understand the two i7's aren't such viable choices and they will get me definitely out of budget, that's why my main 2 choices will be either the R7 1700 or the i5 8600K.
Also, there are two more budget options that I have in mind but they are in a worse position:
-Ryzen 5 1600 /wB350 ~ 270 Euro
-i5 8400 (non-K) /wZ370 ~ 310 Euro
So these are the offers and you should add to these number at least 150 more Euro for RAM. I can spend like 500 Euro so as you can see R7 1700 might be my sweetspot.
Anyway, I game on a 1080p@60Hz monitor with a RX480 8GB.
Gaming is one of the stuff I do a lot (like 50% of stuff), but I am a programmer and I use lots of Microsoft Visual Studio, Android Studio (included Android Emulators), Eclipse, Game Development (more on Unity). And there are times that I use Virtual Machines especially when I want to do stuff in Linux.
So in every approach my current Desktop home machine was old enough to do such things. So this is the reason that I want to upgrade.
I just need to know what will be the best bang for the buck.
Thank you for your time and I hope you all have a nice and warm holiday season!
First of all, I can't wait more (I want to buy into the next 2 weeks).
Also, my budget is limited because RAM chips are way too expensive and I really want to buy 16GB of them.
So I have a very good pain in the brain. Competitiveness is back, AMD is no crap but for sure Coffee-Lake is the king in blind performance.
My options are these:
-Ryzen 7 1700 /w B350 ~ 350 Euro
-i5 8600K /w Z370 ~ 430 Euro (Included 40$ air-cooler)
-i7 8700 (non-K) /wZ370 ~ 450 Euro
-i7 8700K /wZ370 ~ 550 Euro (Included 40$ air-cooler)
As you understand the two i7's aren't such viable choices and they will get me definitely out of budget, that's why my main 2 choices will be either the R7 1700 or the i5 8600K.
Also, there are two more budget options that I have in mind but they are in a worse position:
-Ryzen 5 1600 /wB350 ~ 270 Euro
-i5 8400 (non-K) /wZ370 ~ 310 Euro
So these are the offers and you should add to these number at least 150 more Euro for RAM. I can spend like 500 Euro so as you can see R7 1700 might be my sweetspot.
Anyway, I game on a 1080p@60Hz monitor with a RX480 8GB.
Gaming is one of the stuff I do a lot (like 50% of stuff), but I am a programmer and I use lots of Microsoft Visual Studio, Android Studio (included Android Emulators), Eclipse, Game Development (more on Unity). And there are times that I use Virtual Machines especially when I want to do stuff in Linux.
So in every approach my current Desktop home machine was old enough to do such things. So this is the reason that I want to upgrade.
I just need to know what will be the best bang for the buck.
Thank you for your time and I hope you all have a nice and warm holiday season!